© Reuters. The emblem of Swiss personal financial institution Julius Baer is pictured on the corporate’s department in Lausanne November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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By John Revill
ZURICH (Reuters) – Shares of Swiss personal financial institution Julius Baer dropped practically 5% in early buying and selling on Monday after it mentioned consumer exercise had continued to gradual throughout the yr.
The wealth supervisor, Switzerland’s third-largest listed financial institution, additionally mentioned margins from brokerage commissions and from monetary devices had shrunk in comparison with the primary half of 2021.
Wealth managers loved a growth throughout 2020 as decrease consumption mixed with a rise in disposable earnings from authorities transfers allowed households to avoid wasting and make investments extra. Surging fairness and housing costs additionally made some households wealthier.
Gross margins within the first 10 months of 2021 of 82 foundation factors, down from 88 foundation factors a yr earlier, mirrored what Julius Baer described as a “softening” in consumer exercise from “exceptionally” excessive ranges the earlier yr.
“The slowdown in consumer exercise relative to the sturdy first quarter of 2021 continued from the second to the third quarter and properly into October,” the financial institution mentioned in an announcement.
“Preliminary outcomes for November, nevertheless, point out a possible restoration for the ultimate two months of the yr,” it added.
Shares within the financial institution fell 4.6% in early buying and selling in Zurich, with Vontobel analyst Andreas Venditti describing the assertion as weaker than anticipated.
“JB guides for a possible restoration within the final two months of the yr. Nonetheless, we’d must decrease our estimates barely,” Venditti mentioned.
Nonetheless, Julius Baer mentioned – with out giving a determine – that profitability had grown “considerably” throughout the first 10 months of 2021, because of sturdy progress in consumer property and efficiencies, complemented by a close to absence of credit score losses.
Belongings beneath administration elevated 12% to 484 billion Swiss francs ($520.93 billion), pushed by a 4.4% improve in internet new cash, in addition to constructive inventory market efficiency and foreign money actions.
($1 = 0.9291 Swiss francs)
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